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Thursday, 27 November 2025

The Fourth Portable Wargame Compendium … is almost ready to be published!

After a few ups and downs, I can now announce that THE FOURTH PORTABLE WARGAME COMPENDIUM has now been submitted to Amazon KPD for publication!

The contents include:

  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Hoplite: The Peloponnesian War in a Tin
  • Gridded Age of Sail Naval Wargames
  • The Portable Charge! Wargame (PC!W) … or Recreating the Classic Wargame Rules in a more manageable form
  • Belle Époque Naval Wargame Rules
  • The Portable Naval Wargame: Russo-Japanese War
  • Chubby Mini-Marine War Game Rules
  • Building a ‘Chubby Marine’ for Portable Naval Wargames
  • Contact!: High intensity modern warfare at Division Level
  • The Portable War of the Worlds
  • Sci-Fi Skirmish Squared – A Portable Wargame 3 x 3 Variant
  • Duae Aleae Iactae Sunt’ (Two Dice Are Rolled): A simple fire or combat resolution system using only two dice
  • The Extended Battlefield
  • Further thoughts on Portable Little Wars
  • The Dominion of … Rules Supplement
  • Dominion of … Conan the Barbarian
  • Dominion of … the Oar and Ram
  • Intestinal Fortitude: An optional rule for the Dominion of … rules
  • Dominion of … the Britain’s 4.7-inch gun
  • Taking something from the Dominion of rules … and adding it to the Portable Wargame rules
  • Appendix 1: Hex and Square gridded maps for the Battle of Blasthof Heath
  • Appendix 2: Board and Unit Counters for Contact!

The prices will be as follows:

  • Hardback: £27.50
  • Paperback: £20.00
  • Kindle: £7.50

I hope to publish a PDF edition via Wargame Vault as soon as the printed and eBook/Kindle editions are published … and I am hoping to add an audible edition in due course.


STOP PRESS!

The hardback, paperback, and Kindle editions are now on sale on Amazon!

20 comments:

  1. Hello there Bob,

    Congratulations to you and all concerned in making this happen and getting it over the line! It is on my Christmas list!

    All the best,

    DC

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    1. David Crook,

      Cheer! It wasn't an easy journey to get here ... but it was worth all the effort!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Great news! And congratulations! Can't wait to get my copy! 😁

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    1. Mark Cordone,

      Hopefully, you won't have to wait too long!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. I was going to say, "looking forward to getting it, once its published." Now I can!

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    1. Chris,

      Great! I hope that you enjoy reading it when it arrives.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  4. Wargames Vault have emailed to say PWC4 is available as a PDF! 👍 Congratulations on number 4 Bob

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      Wow! I didn’t know that they did that!

      Thanks for your contribution to 4PWC.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  5. Wonderful, Bob - after all the vicissitudes of the year, a considerable achievement!
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Archduke Piccolo (Ion),

      Thanks for all your help in creating the latest compendium. I hope that you enjoy reading it.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  6. BOB,
    I thought you were going to include 'War of the Worlds' - guess you changed your mind. All the best. KEV.

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    1. Kev Robertson (Kev),

      I did … it’s sandwiched between ‘Contact!’ and ‘Sci-Fi Skirmish Squared’.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. BOB,
      Thanks for the reply. Good to hear that it is incuded. All the best. KEV.

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    3. Kev Robertson (Kev),

      It was a pleasure to include the article and I hope that you get a chance to read it.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  7. Congratulations Bob! Wargames Vault have already emailed me to promote it. But maybe I should get the 2nd and 3rd volumes first ..(!)

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    1. David in Suffolk,

      Cheers! From what I can gather, Wargame Vault notified loads of people that they had the book on sale.

      All the best,

      Bob

      PS. The first three Compendia are on sale at Wargame Vault as a reduced price bundle.

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  8. Great news Bob! Like Maudlin Jack Tar I got a mail from Wargames Vault and have downloaded a copy. I love the pictures you added into ‘my’ contribution.

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    1. Ian Dury,

      Thanks again for your excellent contribution and I’m pleased that you liked the images I added to it.

      I have ordered a copy of both the hardback and paperback editions for you and hope to post them to you by next weekend.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  9. I'm really pleased that you were well enough to complete this one after all of your travails this year. I've just placed my order for the hardback edition, so I'm looking forward to getting a copy in a few day's time.

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    1. Andy Hussey,

      Cheers! It was a relief to get the whole thing completed … and I’m already thinking about the next one!

      Thanks for buying a hardback copy of the Compendium and I hope that you enjoy reading it when it is delivered.

      All the best,

      Bob

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